1. All the duties and functions heretofore provided by law to be performed by the office of state and regional planning and community development shall hereafter be performed by the department. The department shall succeed to all property, documents, records, assets and obligations of the office of state and regional planning and community development.

2. Insofar as practicable and desirable, all pending matters before the office of state and regional planning and community development, begun but not completed by that agency, shall be completed by the department.

Terms Used In Missouri Laws 251.140

  • Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
  • hereafter: means the time after the statute containing it takes effect. See Missouri Laws 1.020
  • Heretofore: means any time previous to the day when the statute containing it takes effect. See Missouri Laws 1.020
  • Property: includes real and personal property. See Missouri Laws 1.020
  • State: when applied to any of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories, and the words "United States" includes such district and territories. See Missouri Laws 1.020

3. All unencumbered balances of the office of state and regional planning and community development are transferred to the department as of October 13, 1967, and shall continue to be available for the purposes for which they were made.